Prior elicitation for model selection an estimation in generalized linear mixed models

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 57-76

  Chen, Ming Hui ^a   Ibrahim, Joseph G ^b   Shao, Qi Man ^c   Weiss, Robert E ^d  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Gibbs sampling; Historical data; Poisson regression; Prior distribution; Random effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037290198     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(02)00285-9     Document Type: Article

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